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BICYCLE SUPPORTING STAND.

No. 577,592. Patented Febqzs, 1897.

UNTTED grates ATENT FFICEQ JOHN L. BENTON, OF NElV HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES R. BISHOP, CF SAME PLACE.

BICYCLE-SUPPORTING STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,592, dated February 23, 1897.

Application filed December 11, 1896. Serial No. 615,269. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: swinging section B of the base and the con- Be it known that I, JOHN L. BENTON, of New necting-rod E. Haven,in the county of New Haven and State The stationary section A of the base conof Connecticut, have invented a new and sists of a horizontal portion a, which extends 55 5 useful Improvement in Bicycle-Supporting along the floor or ground, and two end por- Stands, of which the following is a specifications ct a uprising from the ends of the horition. zontal portion a. The part of the horizontal My invention relates to an improvement in portion t between the uprising end portions bicycle-supporting stands in which the bicya a is preferably bent, so as to be spaced a 6o [0 cle is adapted to be supported with its wheels slight distance from the ground or floor, so spaced from the floor or ground, the bicycle that the said section A engages the floor only being at the same time securely held in its poat its ends, for the purpose of causing the sition upon the stand against toppling over. section to rest firmly upon the floor even The object of my invention is to provide a should the floor be uneven. 65 r stand of the above character which will, when The front or forward upright C is provided the bicycle is supported thereby, engage the with a suitable socket c at its top, which steering-wheel to prevent the steering-head socket is adapted to engage the front lower from turning. brace-tube of the bicycle. The said upright A further object is to provide a stand is further providedwithavertically-elongated 70 which is composed of a very few parts and loop 0', which is adapted to receive a portion in which the said parts are preferably formed of the periphery of the steering-wheel of the of wire bent to the required shapes. 1 bicycle when the bicycle is in position upon A further object is to provide a stand in the stand. The said front upright is prefwhich one section of its base is hinged, so erably formed by extending the end portion a 75 that the stand may be folded into a small of thestationary section of the base upwardly compass when it is not in use. a sufficient distance, when the wire may be A practical embodiment of my invention is bent to form the socket c, then downwardly represented in the accompanying drawings, to the base of the upright, the end of the wire in which being bent, as shown at 0 to form one of the 80 Figure 1 is a side view of the stand as in hinges for the swinging section B.

use, showing a bicycle supported thereby. The rear upright D is provided with a suit- Fig. 2 is a front view of the stand, the swingable socket din position to receive the cranking section of the base being shown at the hanger or bottom bracket of the bicycle. limit of its outward movement, the position The upright D and socket d are preferably 85 3 5 which it assumes when the stand is in use. formed by extending the end portion a of the Fig. 3 is a front view of the stand, the swingstationary base section upwardly, the wire ing section of the base being shown in its being so bent at the socket to support the botfolded position against the stationary sectom bracket near its opposite ends, and also tion. Fig. 4 is a rear view of the stand as in having an upwardlyextended portion 01, 9o use, and Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the same. which is adapted to enter the space between The stand as a whole consists of a base the rear lower brace tube of the bicycle, composed of a stationary section A and a whereby the bicycle is supported very firmly swinging section B, a front upright C, a rear in position upon the stand. The lower end upright D, and a connecting-rod E. The of the rear upright D is'bent, as shown at (1 5 5 several parts which compose the stand are to form the other hinges for the swinging secpreferably formed of strong wire, bent into tion B of the base. the desired shapes, the stationary section of The swinging section of the base consists the base, the front upright, and the rear upof a horizontal portion b, having end portions right being preferably of a single length of b b uprising therefrom, the end portions betoo wire. The stand therefore consists of only ing hinged at the top of the base at c and d three separate pieces, the other two being the as heretofore described. The swinging section is provided with suitable stops b b for limiting the outward movements of the said section. These stops are preferably formed by extending the tops of the end portions H11 up into position to engage the connectingrod E when the swinging section is swung outwardly. The horizontal portion Z) of the swinging section is preferably spaced from the floor between its ends for causing the swinging section to rest squarely upon the floor, even should the same be uneven.

The connecting-rod E extends between the front rear uprights at the top of the base, and has one of its ends embracing the two portions of the wire which forms the front upright and its other end rigidly embracing the two portions of the wire which forms the rear upright. This bar gives the stand rigidity, and also serves as an abutment for the stops upon the swinging section of the base.

The base may be of sufficient length and the sections of the base maybe given the required angle relative to each other laterally as to cause the stand to be very stable and reduce the liability of the bicycle supported therein from being upset to a minimum. Another advantage is the capability of the section B being swung inwardly against the section A when the stand is not in use, thereby allowing the stand to occupy much less floor-space.

WVhat I claim is 1. A bicycle-supporting stand comprising a suitable base consisting of a stationary section and a swinging section, a rear upright uprising from the base in position to engage the crank-hanger, and a front upright of loop form uprising from the base, adapted to engage the front lower brace-tube and also the steering-wheel of the bicycle, substantially as set forth.

2. A bicycle-supportingstand comprising a suitable base consisting of a stationary section and a swinging section, a rear upright uprising from the base, adapted to engage the crank-hanger, a front upright of loop form uprising from the base, in position to engage the front lower brace-tube and the steeringwheel of the bicycle, and a connecting-rod rigidly conneetin g the front and rear uprights at the top of the base, substantiallyas set forth.

A bicycle-supporting stand comprising a suitable base consisting of a stationary section and a swinging section, a rear upright uprising from the stationary section in position to engage the crank-hanger, a front upright of loop form uprising from the stationary section in position to engage the front lower brace-tube and the steering-wheel of the bicycle, and a rod rigidly conneetin g the front and rear uprights at the top of the base, the stationary section, the front upright and the rear upright being formed of a single strip of wire, substantially as set forth.

JOHN L. BENTON. [n s] Witnesses:

WILLARD D. WARREN, FREDERICK SIEBERT, Jr. 

